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Patented Aug. 26, I902.

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(Application filed Oct. 19, 1901,)

(NO Model.)

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED B. DURGIN, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,563, dated August26, 1902. Application filed October 19,1901. Serial No. 79,256. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. DURGIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Medford, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Comb and Brush; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention deals with the novel means resorted to for the securement of the comb and brush when assembled and which will admit of the ready separation of the parts when required for any desired purpose.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for efiecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side View of a comb-brush embodying the invention, a portion being broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective view, the comb being inverted and having parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The comb l is provided with oppositely-extending ribs 2 at the outer edge of the back for securement of the brush thereto in the manner presently to be described. The comb may be formed of any material,such as aluminium, celluloid, or other composition commonly employed in the manufacture of toilet articles of this type. The laterally-extending ribs or flanges 2 serve to stiffen and brace the comb longitudinally, as well as provide attaching means between the backs of the brush and comb.

The brush consists of a series of tufts secured to a back, composed in the present instance of a filler 3 and a metal cap or cover 4, having its longitudinal edge portions bent, as shown at 5, and spaced from the back of the tiller 3 a distance corresponding to the thickness of the ribs or flanges 2 for theirre ception when the brush and comb are assembled. The filler 3 may be of any material, wood being preferred, although it is contemplated to make this of composition or any suitable substance. The metal cap or cover 4 embraces the filler on three sides, the flanges or bent portions 5 extending over and being spaced from the fourth side. The tufts 6, forming the brush, have their inner ends secured in openings formed in the cap and filler in coincident relation, and there may be one or more rows of tufts according to the desired width of the brush, the tufts being secured to the back of the brush in any selected and convenient way. By having the brush separate from the comb the tufts may be secured more firmly in the back and the man ufacture is materially cheapened and facilitated. The comb and brush after being constructed are assembled by an endwise movement of one relative to the other, whereby the lateral ribs or flanges 2 are caused to enter the spaces 7 formed between the bent edge portions 5 of the cap and the rear side of the filler 3. The friction between the parts 2, 3, and 5 is sufficient to hold the parts against casual displacement; but upon the application of sufficient force the parts may be separated by an endwise movement for any required purpose.

' In the manufacture of the article any material suitable for the purpose may be employed in the formation of the comb and the cap, such as horn, hard rubber, metal, and any of the pyroxylin compounds. The brush may comprise any desired number of rows of tufts, and the article when complete may or may not be provided with a handle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In combination, a filler having a plurality of openings, a metal cap inclosing the filler on three sides and having its edge portions inwardly bent and spaced from the back of the filler, the space being of uniform area throughout the length of the filler, the cap having openings in register with the openings of the filler, tufts fitted in the openings of the cap and filler, and a comb having external ribs along the outer edge of its back to engage under the bent edges of the said cap by a longitudinal sliding movement, substantially as described. to

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ALFRED B. DURGIN. [L. s] Vitnesses:

FRED A. GOODWIN, FRANK J. J AMESON. 

